Britton came in to wake us up this morning, exclaiming, "It's Christmas!" Now, we may have over-played the "Santa doesn't come if you're awake" card last night, as Britton did finally get to sleep, but ended up in bed with Memaw at 2:30 am! By reminding her about Santa every 5 minutes, we in essence made her just so freaking excited. This is the first Christmas where she understood Santa and wanted to leave cookies for him (and carrots for his reindeer).
So we rallied and all went downstairs to see what Santa brought! This is a camping set, and the log has a "flame" and the lantern makes wilderness noises.
Santa brought a new kitchen! Britton fell in love with this kitchen when we were all at Cracker Barrel in Ohio, so the hub and I had run out to get it that night - at 25% off! Santa loves a deal, ya'll!
Memaw and PawPaw got Britton this bean bag chair. At first she was apprehensive, but it has now become one of her new favorites. It's great for her to lounge on, but she also expends a ton of energy jumping on it! And since our living room doesn't have any chairs except for the desk chair, it became a great place for Britton to open presents.
Britton starts ballet/tap/gymnastics class in January, so we surprised her with tap shoes, a leotard, tights, and a ballet skirt.
Memaw helped Britton open her gifts. We got her a Lego castle because the hub spotted her playing with Legos at school. Her teacher reported that Britton loved playing with them, so we got a set. We tried to get more interactive toys this year, toys she can manipulate and use for imaginative play as well.
This dog. See that obnoxious bah-humbug look on her face? It was there all morning, for no good reason. She sulked, slinked around, and in general was not in a good Christmas mood.
Stockings! We did stockings last, as we moved into the family room. Britton had wanted to open the Legos and some other small-piece toys, and we didn't want the pieces lost in the debris field of wrapping paper. Once we got in there, she spotted the stockings brimming with candy and got down to business. Poor thing reported less than an hour later, "My belly hurts from too much candy!"
Below, I wanted a family photo, and Britton wanted to get back to playing. So she refused to look at the camera.
Eventually, we all managed to get dressed and start playing with our new toys. I pulled out the violin Josh got me (which Britton promptly asked me to please stop playing), Josh set up his remote-controlled helicopter and Go Pro camera, and Britton leapt onto the horse she had been too afraid of only hours earlier. She then yelled for me, "Mom! Can you bring me my cowboy hat?" That's my girl!
Merry Christmas 2012!
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